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Consulting services for NPSAS implementation (Federal, State and Local Level).

Government of Nepal Ministry of Finance Financial Comptroller General Office Anamnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (CONSULTING SERVICES – FIRMS SELECTION) Publication Date: May 4, 2019 Country: Nepal Project: Integrated Public Financial Management Reform Project Grant No.: TF-A07474 Assignment Title: Consulting Services for Nepal Public Sector Accounting Standards (NPSAS) Implementation Reference No . NP-FCGO-11019 –CS- QCBS The Government of Nepal has received a grant from the Multi-Donor Trust Fund through the World Bank(IDA) toward the cost of the Integrated Public Financial Management Reform Project intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) include: Support all economic entities and Financial Comptroller General Office (FCGO) to prepare NPSAS based financial statements of federal, provincial and local level economic entities, their consolidation and to conduct capacity enhancement trainings and workshops. The assignment needs Senior Financial Management Specialist (1) and Financial Management Specialists (2) for 24 months and finance technicians (7) for 18 months. The assignment will tentatively start from the mid July, 2019. The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following website: ( https//:www.fcgo.gov.np/publications/ NPSAS consultant ). or Financial Comptroller General Office, Anamnagar Kathmandu , (Procurement Unit ] The Financial Comptroller General Office now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services. The short listing criteria are: General Experience of the firm Specific Experience of the firm Availability of professional staffs in the firm Financial information of last five years Key Experts will not be evaluated at the short listing stage. The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs,3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” July 2016 revised November 2017 and August 2018(“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. Consultants may associate with other firms to enhance their qualifications, but should indicate clearly whether the association is in the form of a joint venture. In the case of a joint venture, all the partners in the joint venture shall be jointly and severally liable for the entire contract, if selected. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Quality and Cost Based Selection method set out in the Procurement Regulations. This REoI notice and ToR can be downloaded from our website: www.fcgo.gov.np/notices. Interested Consulting firms may obtain further information by sending email or visiting at the address below during office hours [ 10.00 to 17.00 hours ]. Only the shortlisted firms will be provided with the Request for Proposal (RFP) to submit detailed technical and financial proposal. Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in person, or by mail, or by fax, or by e-mail) by May 20, 2019. Financial Comptroller General Office Attn: DFCG, Procurement Unit Anamnagar, Kathmandu , Nepal Tel: 977- 01- 4770734 E-mail: [email protected]